"My lord, this copper and iron ore is not an ordinary thing, this Yanzhou prefect is just a prefect, what is it doing with so much copper and iron?"

Lu Li frowned, what is copper and iron, it is a sword in the hand of a country, the armor on the body, and the spear of the enemy's shield to attack the enemy.

"We pushed back and forth, from the time of disaster relief in Baozhou, Zheng Daji repeatedly prevaricated the disaster relief, Qin Hai led people to rob the disaster relief money, and then to Qizhou, Qin Hai threatened Jing Xiaoyun to refine the strange soldiers, and then to Jingzhou, the immortal slang road bewitched the people, all this, from money, to soldiers to the people's hearts, the purpose of this red flame has been very clear, and now to the copper and iron mine, they wantonly requisitioned the copper and iron ore, it is very likely to be used to smelt weapons, if it is not found by us, at this moment the red flame is ready, I am afraid that the dynasty will be changed soon." Shangguan Yuling deduced in an orderly manner, since this way, they have fought with Qin Hai many times, and they have made Qin Hai's purpose clear, for so many years, Qin Hai has been at large in the south, and even these corrupt officials are also rampant, and they can't get rid of the support of the red flame behind him, since he can let these people fight for the tiger in the south, it shows that he has a certain amount of power in Beijing, and the power is not small.

There are too many princes and generals in the capital, and even high-status civil officials, and they can't be sure who Hongyan is for a while, but it is worth knowing that they must crush all of Hongyan's plots.

"The prefect of Yanzhou seems to be Zheng Qicheng." Duan Lang recalled that when he was in Yanzhou a few years ago, when Zheng Qicheng had just taken office, the copper and iron here were still very abundant and cheap, and many businessmen who forged copper and iron utensils often came here to buy copper and iron.

"Exactly, this Zheng Qicheng has been the prefect of Yanzhou for more than five years, and he didn't want to govern Yanzhou like it is now." Shangguan Yuling clenched his fists slightly, his expression was already angry, and Lu Li Duan Lang and the others also frowned slightly, this time, they always had a feeling, and they were about to face Red Flame head-on.

A few people rested for a while, and after the afternoon, the three of them arrived at the Yanzhou Mansion.

At this moment, Zheng Qicheng, the prefect of Yanzhou, was sleeping on the table with his legs crossed, his official hat hanging obliquely to the side, and a maid next to him was holding a fan to fan the wind gently, looking extremely enjoyable.

The yacha at the door saw Shangguan Yinling coming, and his expression was a little hesitant.

"Great, sir, you can't go in." The Yacha was nervous and slurred his speech, and Shangguan Yuling raised his eyes slightly to look at him, his expression was fierce.

"Then please go and inform your family, Shangguan Yinling is waiting outside the hall."

"I said that you, a small prefect of Yanzhou, are so capable of facing our Lord Qincha envoy!" Duan Lang spoke sharply, and his voice reached the mansion, waking up Zheng Qicheng, who was taking a nap.

"Who's out there clamoring?! I don't know if this official is resting! ”

"Lord Zheng is such a big shelf! Why, Lord Qincha is here in person, and you still want Lord Qincha to worship you? ”

"Chincha-sama?" Zheng Qicheng reacted, hurriedly walked out, and saw that it was Shangguan Yuling standing outside the hall, his expression was stunned, and then he smiled very flatteringly.

"Lord Shangguan has arrived, Xiaguan is very honored, please come in, please come in."

Zheng Qicheng welcomed Shangguan Yinling into the government, but he didn't move in his heart, this Shangguan Yinling slashed corrupt officials and killed bandits in several southern states, and declared that it had already shocked the world, but he also had to be careful to beware of Shangguan Yinling, otherwise if the matter of copper and iron ore was known to him, his fate would be the same as Zheng Daji and others.

"Do you want tea? This tea is a new arrival in Longjing this year, fresh and fragrant, fragrant! Zheng Qicheng offered a cup of tea, and Shangguan Lingling took it, but put it next to him and didn't drink it.

"Lord Zheng, I heard that you are particularly rampant in Yanzhou, and the people in the city are miserable, but is there such a thing?"

Shangguan Yinling lifted his robe, raised Erlang's legs, raised his eyes slightly to look at Zheng Qicheng who was standing next to him, raised his eyebrows, and asked deliberately.

"Who is it? Who's making my rumors?! Zheng Qicheng immediately blew his beard and glared, "Lord Shangguan, you have to believe Xiaguan!" Although the lower officials are not as honest and honest as adults, they also have a clear conscience! ”

Good one with a clear conscience.

Lu Li couldn't help but roll his eyes countless times in his heart, but on the surface, he stood quietly behind Shangguan Yuling.

"Since you have a clear conscience, how can anyone say that you are corrupt and pervert the law?" Shangguan Yinling asked rhetorically, Zheng Qicheng was about to refute, he said, "I heard that the copper and iron ore in Yanzhou has produced quite a lot in recent years, and when I came, the saint instructed me to wait for him to see the mining progress of this copper and iron mine, and whether the workers are properly settled?" Is there a danger of landslides in the mine? ”

"My lord, you can be relieved about this matter, copper and iron ore is the lifeblood of our Yanzhou, and the lower officials are naturally cautious and dare not make a half-point difference." A hint of strangeness flashed in Zheng Qicheng's eyes, but he immediately prevaricated.

"In this case, the official will go to the copper and iron mine to have a look, and Lord Zheng will go with him."

Saying that, Shangguan Yinling had already gotten up, Zheng Qicheng looked stunned, and said busily.

"My lord, the terrain in the copper and iron mine is rugged, snakes, insects, ants and beasts have everything, and it is very dirty, my lord is still relieved to hand it over to the lower officials to take care of it, and the lower officials will definitely take care of the copper and iron ore in an orderly manner, and will never let the adults down."

"That being the case, the official should take a look at it."

Zheng Qicheng couldn't stop it, and was about to go out to give the yacha a look and ask him to prepare, but Shangguan Yinling stopped him.

"Lord Zheng, don't you want to make arrangements in advance? Such falsehoods. The officer was disgusted. ”

"No, how could it be, my lord, why do you need to arrange it in advance if you have a clear conscience?" Zheng Qicheng turned around in embarrassment, so he had to follow Shangguan Yinling and ride a carriage to the mining area together.

There was chaos in the mining area, and many officers and soldiers stood by, holding whips in their hands, urging the miners to mine with great vigour, and then looking at the miners, all of them were skinny, ragged, very dirty, and their faces were full of earth, and they were scolded and beaten by the officers and soldiers who supervised the work because of their slow movements.

Seeing this, Shangguan Yinling frowned, and there was even more murderous intent in his eyes.

"Master Zheng, is this what you mean by having a clear conscience?"

He looked at Zheng Qicheng slightly, and the surging killing intent in his eyes made Zheng Qicheng shocked.

"Great, adult, this ......"

"Okay, you're Zheng Qicheng." Shangguan Yuling turned sideways, stretched out his foot and kicked Zheng Qicheng fiercely, Zheng Qicheng's feet were unstable, and he fell to the ground with his heels, and when he got up again, his face was already full of dust.

"Folks, don't do it!" Shangguan Yinling walked to the front of the mine and shouted, and the miners all looked sideways at him, looking puzzled